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Just so you know, decals or stickers are how the graphics are applied onto all rackets at the factory. Only thing is usually there's a layer of clearcoat that's sprayed or powder baked on afterwards to protect them. But unfortunately in the unknown strange wisdom that is Yonex, they decided to do a matte finish and do away with the clearcoat, and therein lies the current problem with the unprotected stickers/decals.

You can do a matte clearcoat. However, spraying a gloss AND a matte clearcoat on the one racket, you'll never have a uniformly smooth finish. A coat of clearcoat is much much thicker than a foil decal.

I'd have to agree. To the OP, you should gather up all the damaged sticker photos in the other threads and post them all in this thread. Whether YY will change anything I highly doubt it. At the end of the day, I'm just happy they made a racket that suits me 10 years after the AT700.

1) Do you prefer a racquet that performs a little slugish but looks good or a racquet performs great for you and no paint?
2) Do you want to pay extra $20 for a racquet so you can have a well done clear coat on top of the sticker or you would like to save that $20 for a tube of shuttles?
3) Would you like to have a really tough paint and uses toxic solvent or you like to have a racquet with water based paint that is better for the environment?
It is you call.

I bet when the clones of this racket come out, those would have sturdier stickers than this.

Its not as if this is the first racket that Yonex has ever produced with shiny decals. If I'm going to pay over $200 for a top of the line racket from the top brand in badminton, then I'd at least expect my racket not to be so easily damaged by just simply mounting it to be strung. No? Are we asking for too much from Yonex?

Perhaps sending them a letter/email will help convince them to use better materials/methods. But it must be overwelming amount of people expressing their dissatisfication in order for them to take it seriously.

Want them to change? This is one release where they've failed to clearcoat a raquet. Hardly a pattern. So do I want them to change from offering top of the line gear? Er... No.

As long as they keep sponsoring someone like LCW, there are gonna be flocks of sheeps buying whatever Yonex is going to put out, because they can get away with it.

Ah, here we go again with this moronic sentiment. The reason Yonex sells a lot of raquets is because they have built a reputation for being the top quality brand. In fact, I would bet you anything you care to wager that Yonex's market share has declined while they've had LWC under sponsorship. This has happened because Victor and Li-Ning have vastly increased the quality alternatives out there for consumers to choose from. Yonex don't have any sheep left buying their products, they all followed Lin Dan to Li-Ning.

We brought this upon ourselves, there no one else to blame.

You're talking about some stupid little sticker issue here right? Not societal collapse. Geeze, just do what the people here in Taiwan do with everything else..... put hello kitty stickers all over it.

Want them to change? This is one release where they've failed to clearcoat a raquet. Hardly a pattern. So do I want them to change from offering top of the line gear? Er... No. Ah, here we go again with this moronic sentiment. The reason Yonex sells a lot of raquets is because they have built a reputation for being the top quality brand. In fact, I would bet you anything you care to wager that Yonex's market share has declined while they've had LWC under sponsorship. This has happened because Victor and Li-Ning have vastly increased the quality alternatives out there for consumers to choose from. Yonex don't have any sheep left buying their products, they all followed Lin Dan to Li-Ning. You're talking about some stupid little sticker issue here right? Not societal collapse. Geeze just do what the people here in Taiwan do with everything else..... put hello kitty stickers all over it.

Did I hit u where it hurt? Are you one of the "sheeps?" and I'll pass on the hello kitty stickers. Thx. PS: Can we have a look at your "market data?" I would like know where the sheeps are now lol.